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• - Describes the history of the procedure and medical study results.
  
• - By Rio Cruz - Fathering Magazine Jan 1999 - How a father discovered, too late, that circumcision is not a good thing.
  
• - Articles and resources presented by Men Web.
  
• - Articles about the complications of circumcision and their treatments, not including repair of the circumcision itself.
  
• - by Trudy Goldenberg - Vice Magazine (Feb 1999)
  
• - The History of Male Circumcision in the U.S. by Frederick Hodges and Jerry W. Warner - This article appeared in the Nov 1995 issue of M.E.N. Magazine
  
• - Dr. Greene discusses the advantages and disadvantages of performing a circumcision on a newborn.
  
• - Dr. Dean Edell - Health Central - January 20, 1999 - This is the first study to look at what women said in comparing sexual experiences with sexual partners who were circumcised versus intact sexual partners.
  
• - By R. Daniel Foster - Men's Fitness, September 1999
  
• - In the 1800s, fundamentalist preachers, who equated sexual gratification with "sin", seized the Jewish tradition of circumcision as a method of reducing the potential for sexual pleasure by male children.
  
• - Napa Valley Men's Network, 1994 - "Of particular note, a newly un-insured item in the Oregon Plan is circumcision. The men's movement, tiny and underfunded as it is, has made some progress in eliminating the routine genital mutilation of men in Ameri
  
• - by Debra S. Ollivier - Salon Magazine feature article (Oct 1998) How did a medically pointless procedure become a routine practice performed on a majority of American males?
  
• - Views and reviews by Anne McFadyen as published in the British Medical Journal.
  
• - By Bruce Butler - A 26 year old man receives damage settlement after a doctor admitted he botched a circumcision operation (on the victim when he was an infant) which left the man with a badly deformed penis. This article is presented in both Spanish and
  
• - by George C. Denniston, M.D. M.P.H. - The Virtual Journal - Illustrated history of circumcision including materials and methods
  
• - By Wayne Hampton - 19 November 1994
  
• - Pain-relieving creams can take some of the pain out of circumcision for male infants undergoing the procedure.
  
• - Case report and pictures describing complications following circumcision using the Plastibell technique.
  
• - Dr. Robert S. Van Howe explains adverse effects of circumcision from infancy to adulthood.
  
• - Article by David L. Gollaher, California Health Care Institute - Journal of Social History (Fall 1994).
  
• - Describes the historical precedent of nurses organizing and taking a leadership role in reforming the medical practice of circumcision.
  
• - by Bruce LaBruce - Eye Magazine
  
• - Articles relevant to the psychological, neurological, and sociological effects of male circumcision.
  
• - A collection of reports in medical journals.
  
• - by Hank Hyena - Salon Magazine - "you need a flesh-cap," I snickered, "because winters are frightfully cold in Helsinki." My Finnish friend Paavo and I tease each other incessantly about cultural differences. A primary source of amusem
  
• - Benjamin Spock, M.D. - Redbook - April 1989 - Dr. Spock now believes that circumcision of males is traumatic, painful, and of questionable value.
  
• - by Hank Hyena - Salon Magazine - The circumcision decision could affect a baby's future sex life.
  
• - Expert advice from Sesame Street Parents magazine. Article reviews the American Academy of Pediatrics stance against circumcision. (scroll down to article)
  
• - An online collection of abstracts, full text articles, and other material relating to male circumcision.
  
• - by Chris LaMorte - Westword - Two guys take personal growth to the extreme in a quest to bring foreskins to the fore. - Includes description of T-tape restoration technique.